Improvement in holders for neck-wear



3,1). DOUGHERTY. Holder for Neck-Wear.

N0. 199,195. Patented Jan. 15,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD D. DOUGHERTY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOLDERS FOR NECK-WEAR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,196, dated January 15, 1878; application filed December 14, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknownthat I, EDWARD D. DOUGHERTY, of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful improvement in Holders for Ties, Bows, and other N eck-Wear, of which the following, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, is a specification:

The invention relates to holders for neckwear in general, but more particularly bows.

Heretofore such neck-wear has been held in position on the collar-button by loops of rubber cording attached to the shield of the tie, or by wires of brass or iron secured to the tie. Such fasteners are objectionable, for the loops of rubber soon stretch and break, and, if of wire, become twisted, tangled, and in a short time useless.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and durable holder, that can be applied either to the tie itself or the shield of the same neatly and quickly.

It consists of a plate or piece of metal, paper, or other suitable material, with circular opening and slot for the proper insertion of the collar-button, thereby securely holding to the neck the tie or bow to which it is attached in an expeditious and comely manner. I prefer the holder to be of an oval form, of metal, preferably brass, and secured by projections of the plate in apertures of the shield or tie, bent and thereby fastened to the said shield of the tie or the tie itself, but reserve the right to use the equivalent of the above form, material, or fastener.

My invention also relates to the combinarespectively, are back and front views of holder attached to tie-shield.

A represents the plate or holder, with circular opening B, slot 0, projections D, and thread or rivet openings E.

Fig. 2 is the back view of the holder fastened preferably with projections to the tieshield, and Fig. 3 is the front view of the holder secured to the tie-shield.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patout-- In a holder for neck-wear, the combination of the holder, of metal or other suitable material, having the projections or other suitable fastening devices, slot, and circular opening, with the tie-shield all substantially as shown and described.

EDWARD D. DOUGHERTY.

Witnesses:

W. B. CLEMENT, HENRY T. LUFF. 

